toadstool

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)

Etymology

From Middle English tode-stole, tadstol, taddestol, equivalent to toad + stool. Compare dialectal English frogstool (“toadstool”), Saterland Frisian Poagestoul (“mushroom”, literally “frog's stool”), Dutch paddenstoel.

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